by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Archived Editions, Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
Optimist Club of Knoxville salutes 18 students for community service By Steve Williams The Optimist Club of Knoxville’s annual recognition of local high school students for their outstanding community service was held Friday, Dec. 5, during a luncheon at The Bearden...
by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley Was Tim Walz Minding The Store … I Think Not There’s not a rational person in the country who believes Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota is competent. With the billion-dollar scandal growing in Minnesota, the scope of Walz’s incompetence is becoming...
by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams There’s a high school bowler in Knoxville this season who has her sights set on a TSSAA state championship. And she’s only a freshman. Carter High’s Zoe Chompff has a 195 average and it’s the highest average on the local prep scene, including girls...
by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill During his brief political career, Lewis Schwellenbach was a national figure. Loud and partisan, Schwellenbach’s failed campaign for governor of Washington State led to his election to the United States Senate at the height of the New Deal in 1934. Coming...
by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ken Lay A stifling defense helped the Bearden Middle School girls basketball team capture a big victory at home Thursday night. The Lady Bruins toppled Powell, 38-19, in a Knox County Middle School Basketball Conference Class AAA tilt before a boisterous crowd in...
by design | Dec 7, 2025 | Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Williams High school basketball bounces through several seasons. First, there’s the Hall of Fame Week. Then there’s the Thanksgiving tournaments in late November. Other Holiday tourneys come after Christmas. Then after New Year’s, around Jan. 6, district play...
